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Average Price Spent for Speakers
I sould mention that im a University student, and am accordingly very much budget limited. I spent $350 Canadian on a discntinued model ($550 list) that sounded better than any other locally available speakers in that price range. They are inacher... 
Vinyl playback is still a secret
Classical and Jazz. 
Vinyl playback is still a secret
Not a complaint. Not about the relative quality of the media at any rate. But such rivalry serves no real purpose. Another example of it is the rivalry that exists between proponents of various weapons in fencing. I favour the foil, by the way. Bu... 
Vinyl playback is still a secret
Am I the only person here who listens, with no complaints (that I dont attribute to my playbeck system), to both lps AND cds? 
Vinyl playback is still a secret
I buy Lp's mainly because they are available cheeply, and my intrusts in music are mainly in jazz and classical. As for increasing its popularity- I prefer to keep it cheep. Though I would be intrusted to know where you find new pressings- well aw... 
Favorite Movie Soundtrack
Alexander Nevski- Soundtrack by Prokofiev 
Why Don't More People Love Audio?
I spend what I can on audio equipment (and software) for no other reason than the love of music. My system is only mid-fi (Low end rega, nad, mirage, and a sony cd player) thet being all I can afford. If one has no love for music then it would be ... 
Cars. What does the typical audiophile drive?
I take the bus or walkIf I sold my stereo I could by a resonable car- but I would rather have the stereoPorsche Boxter and Aston Martin (comes with a Linn stereo) 
your top 5 classical cds
-Chopin- Nocturnes -Verdi- Requiem both Deutsche Grammophon-Shostakovich trio no 2 violin, cello, piano & Sonata for -cello and piano (Yo-Yo Ma, stern, Emanuel Ax (CBS records)-A window in time Rachmaninoff- this is a modern reproducing piano ... 
Music for "Tough Times"
Don Shirley trio lp- the first track- waterboy or Beethoven's Pastrol symphony (I have sevral preformances of this on cd and lp. It's a wonderful world is also good. Shostakovich tends to exagurate such feelings, but I still lister to his work, an...